About the CMS The principle of content management -- for the Portal and the large NASA web space -- is simple: NASA content creators and site managers must make material intended for the Portal's audiences -- the general public, students, teachers, kids and the news media -- available to the Portal through its Content Management System (CMS). NASA's CMS, specifically known as the Digital Asset Management system (DAM) was created by eTouch Systems, Inc. The DAM, or CMS as it's more often called, allows content providers to put their content on the NASA portal with little or no knowledge of HTML. Additionally, the system's templated structure and workflow ensure that content is presented on the portal in an accurate and timely manner. Additional information about the CMS, including training, documentation, and support, can be found via the links on the left-hand side of this page. CMS Training Training classes on the CMS may be arranged by contacting Celeste Merryman. CMS Quality Control Documents published through the CMS must undergo a quality control step - occasionally these folks may need to contact you or you may wish to contact them regarding issues with style, broken links, etc. in your document. The QC team for the NASA Portal is as follows: Support: Lauretta Payne, e-mail: Lauretta Payne Support: Laura Vicik, e-mail: Laura Vicik + CMS Training Documentation [PDF] Documentation used by NASA/JPL to train users of the Portal Content Management System (Digital Asset Management System). + IEEE Draft Standard for Learning Object Metadata (LOM) Basis for the controlled vocabularies for Portal Education metadata fields. [IEEE Standard 1484.12.1-2002]